Senators seek to cut red tape on Katrina

12:23 AM,
Jan. 30, 2007

Written by

John Hill
Jhillbr@gannett.com

NEW ORLEANS -- Three key U.S. senators vowed Monday to return to Washington to cut red tape and bureaucracy hindering Louisiana's economic recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

A week after President Bush failed to mention the Gulf Coast in his State of the Union address, Don Powell, the White House coordinator for Gulf Coast recovery, told the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs that the president remains committed to his pledge to "do whatever it takes, as long as it takes" to restore the coast.